Victoria Caudle

Terasaki Center For Japanese Studies

Established in 1991, the UCLA Terasaki Center has been a platform for research on Japan. Our distinguished faculty, students, postdoctoral fellows, visiting scholars, and the board of advisors have been contributing to the field of Japanese studies for over 20 years.

Faculty Board of Advisors Chair in US-Japan Relations Postdoctoral Fellows Alumni

Students Visitors Staff Supporters Dr. Paul I. Terasaki

The Terasaki Center sponsors a vast array of events throughout the year. With its colloquium series, the Center brings academics from diverse fields to UCLA each year. Special workshops and annual conferences bring leading scholars to discuss topics relating to Japan.

Center News Annual Newsletter

Center Events Community Events Past Events

The Center is proud to support our faculty, current and prospective students, and the local community through a variety of grants and fellowships.

Internal Funding
Learn more and apply for Center funding here.

External Funding
Funding sources in this section are not administered by the Center.

Center programs were established with strong support from the local community to promote research and instruction in Japanese studies, with a recent focus on the profound transformations unfolding in contemporary Japanese society.

UCLA Japanese Studies
Programs by Faculty and Students

Global Japan Initiative
Understanding Japan/Japanese culture within a global context.

The Terasaki Center is actively expanding support for faculty and graduate students, building relationships with other universities as well as Japan and Japanese Studies related organizations, and enhancing its role in the community.

Mission & History
Digital Archive

Global Hub
The Center is dedicated to connecting Japanese communities around the world with those engaged in the study of Japan and the Japanese.

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global japan initiative Understanding Japan/Japanese
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Victoria Caudle

Asian Languages and Cultures

Victoria Caudle received a BA in Korean from SOAS, an MA in Korean Language and Literature (focus Modern Korean Literature) from Seoul National University, and an MA in Literary Translation from the University of East Anglia. Her translations of Korean literature have appeared in Korean Literature Now, Words Without Borders, and Nabillera. Her previous research has been on Korean New Women under Japanese colonialism, focused on the painter and author Na Hye Sŏk, and methods for translating non-binary and gender-fluid characters from Korean into English. Her current research involves looking into the understanding of race and fluctuating racial dynamics in Korean literature; examining, in particular how race began being constructed under Japanese occupation and the impact this period has had in the following decades.